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i love my nuvi (9 more posts to go)

Does anybody have real life comparison to TomTom and Nuvi?

Amazon deal of the day for $100.

http://www.amazon.com/gp/goldbox/ref=cs_top_nav_gb27

I have been using this TOMTOM for more than a year now.. no complaints so far...good stable product.

I have used both a Garmin Nuvi and a TomTom one XL. I find the TomTom interface easier to manipulate and faster to pick up. I also find TomTom's PC interface and mapshare functionality better overall. The common difference people cite is the mapping functionality. They say Garmin uses better software, which calculates a route faster and is more efficient. I will agree I think that Garmin produces better routes with less liklihood of making strange turns, but my Tomtom always gets me where I need to go even if it does add extra time around neighborhoods and such. I personally recommend tomtom for the size of screen/features for the price ratio. I think Garmin is overpriced for what you receive.

From Gizmodo.com
Portable GPS Navigation Devices

What? The GPS navigation in your phone isn't enough? Okay, it probably isn't if you actually get behind a wheel to go places. There are lots of GPS navigation devices, and some of them look pretty good for pretty cheap. We're gonna get real specific with our advice here: Get a Garmin Nuvi. Every. Time.

We've road-tested pretty much every navigation device out there, from the smartest cellular connected machines to the dumbest WinCE systems falling off the truck from China, and time and again, we come back to the Nuvi. That's not to say you have to spend $200 more on a navigator. Maybe you could track down last year's top models that are now on sale. The maps wouldn't have changed that much in 12 months. Regardless, even if the Garmin is $25 or $50 more than the TomTom or Magellan on the shelf next to it, get the Garmin. The product will last longer and be more simple to use, resulting in your happiness and the happiness of the people stuck in the car with you. It's worth the extra scratch.

#2, you can't go wrong either way. Consumer Reports has Garmin on top, but usually because of the above-mentioned more accurate mapping and the windshield mount. TomTom is usually a close second, with Magellan, Navigon, etc... a bit further behind.
I like my Nuvi (my folks have a TomTom) better from a portability/battery life standpoint, but the TomTom seems to have an easier-to-learn interface. If you can spend up to $200 or so, you will like whatever choice you make, be it Garmin or TomTom.

The refurbished version is back in stock at radioshack for $100.00 with free shipping

dammit,
forget my comment,
look at #3's

Oh...and this one doesn't have TTS (text to speech) or traffic.

#2, I agree with #5's comments. My wife uses a Nuvi and I have a PPC version of TomTom. I like the TomTom interface better. The think I like better is:
- see the turn direction arrow so I can plan which lane I need to be in. For the Nuvi I have to click on the screen to get detailed info or wait until the Nuvi announces it.
- Time and distance left for total trip. Again, Nuvi hides the info on another screen.
- Why does the Nuvi store the max speed? Could this be used against me if I get pulled over? How stupid.
- TomTom remembers the last search state, city, and town when entering an address. It displays only that option until you start to type something else. Most of the time I have a destination in the same town/state. Why do I need to type it in every single time (Nuvi guesses after the first few letters)? TomTom offers a single click option before you type it in.

But yes, the Nuvi has better mapping algorithms and can estimate the arrival time better.

Amazon's deal of the day is dead... new price is 129.99

For $30 cheaper you get the exact same thing "Tom Tom One" but just a smaller screen. Everything else is the same, and if you don't want to lug around the bigger version, just get the $99 one from Amazon. I have it, and it works great. The only things these don't have that ones twice as expensive do, is no blue tooth, no MP3 playback, and no live search for restaurants by type.

#2, I'm also a Nuvi/TomTom user, and I think that the TomTom is the way to go:

- The Nuvi has an anti-aliased user interface that is really pretty.
- The TomTom's interface looks alright, but it works *really* well.
- The voices thing on the TomTom is a bit silly, but it's fun nonetheless.
- The routing on the TomTom can be a *little* off, but I've had the routing on the Nuvi want me to turn off on backroads when I could see my destination right in front of me on the road on which I was driving.


Get the TomTom, especially at this price.

I did forget to bring up the suction cup mount. the tomtom stock suction cup is worthless... Literally you should just throw it away and purchase a new one for $25-$30. I personally have the mount that hooks onto the vents in my car. This is true for most mounts though. My relatives have a Garmin and their GPS unit falls every so often as well, but the TomTom suction cup falls almost every time and is truly the worst POS I have ever seen.

tom tom suction?

Nuvi rocks